Moses Lake, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5347245, place: Moses Lake city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,220 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 407 (9.64%)
Kindergarten: 165 (3.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,921 (45.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,003 (23.77%)
College or graduate school: 724 (17.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,056 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 888 (9.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,012 (11.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,397 (26.47%)
Some college, no degree: 2,546 (28.11%)
Associate degree: 735 (8.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 958 (10.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 520 (5.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,251 (100%)
Never married: 2,672 (23.75%)
Now married, except separated: 6,226 (55.34%)
Separated: 166 (1.48%)
Total Widowed: 899 (7.99%)
Widowed Female: 693 (6.16%)
Total Divorced: 1,288 (11.45%)
Divorced Female: 821 (7.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 327 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 186 (56.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,596 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,372 (12.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,695 (100%)
--With a disability: 315 (8.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,805 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,724 (22.09%)
----Percent employed: 55.7%
--No disability: 6,081 (77.91%)
----Percent employed: 75.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,918 (100%)
--With a disability: 787 (41.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,655 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,197 (45.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,173 (52.53%)
--Same county: 4,081 (29.89%)
--Different county: 3,092 (22.64%)
----Same state: 1,730 (12.67%)
----Different state: 1,362 (9.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 285 (2.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,951 (100%)
Native: 13,450 (89.96%)
--Born in United States: 13,357 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,275 (48.66%)
----Different state: 6,082 (40.68%)
--Born outside United States: 93 (0.62%)
Foreign born: 1,501 (10.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 710 (4.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 493 (3.3%)
--Not a citizen: 1,008 (6.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,501 (100%)
Europe: 230 (15.32%)
Asia: 162 (10.79%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 12 (0.8%)
Latin America: 1,003 (66.82%)
Northern America: 94 (6.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,655 (100%)
English only: 10,703 (78.38%)
Language other than English: 2,952 (21.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,231 (9.02%)
--Spanish: 2,480 (18.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,075 (7.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 344 (2.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 140 (1.03%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 123 (0.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,951 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,623% (104.49%)
Arab: 43 (0.29%)
Czech: 22 (0.15%)
Danish: 66 (0.44%)
Dutch: 318 (2.13%)
English: 1,625 (10.87%)
French (except Basque): 505 (3.38%)
French Canadian: 100 (0.67%)
German: 2,494 (16.68%)
Greek: 35 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 56 (0.37%)
Irish: 1,220 (8.16%)
Italian: 343 (2.29%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 593 (3.97%)
Polish: 94 (0.63%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.06%)
Russian: 182 (1.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 150 (1%)
Scottish: 201 (1.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 65 (0.43%)
Swedish: 489 (3.27%)
Swiss: 69 (0.46%)
Ukrainian: 108 (0.72%)
United States or American: 932 (6.23%)
Welsh: 161 (1.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 71 (0.47%)
Other ancestries: 5,672 (37.94%)

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